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...Congress passed the Federal Communications Act, Section 605 of which provided that "no person not being authorized by the sender shall intercept any communication and divulge or publish the existence, contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning ... to any person." Penalty: $10,000 fine or two years' imprisonment, or both. The history of the section indicates that Congress did not intend it to regulate wiretapping; the wording was lifted out of the Radio Act of 1927, where the apparent intent was to prevent pirating of messages by rival communications companies. But the Supreme Court applied Section 605 to wiretapping...
Another anonymous sender forwarded a pamphlet on "The Communist Technique." Still another sent a brochure on "Esperanto, The International, Auxiliary Language...
...typically irreverent "Purely Personal Prejudices" ("Whenever I meet a man who seems to be inordinately proud of his 'get-up-and-go,' I want him to get up and go." "You can be sure that a letter marked 'Confidential' is usually more important to the sender than the receiver...
First, the sender of the gift refused to take it back, "under post-paid, pre-paid, or any other conditions." Then, the create in which the moose-head arrived would not fit through the entry doorway...
Mechanical Messenger. In Atlantic City, Western Union showed, off its new "Intrafax" facsimile machine for use by private companies. The machine sends exact copies of sales slips, balance sheets, drawings, telegrams and letters, and it can be used between office floors or neighboring buildings. The sender places a letter on a metal drum, then presses a button. An electric eye scans the letter, reproducing it on paper on another machine in the receiver's office in a few seconds. Price: $648 and up for a year's lease...